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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Avignon or Stockholm?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Avignon for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Avignon’s own page.

Choose Stockholm for

  • families
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Avignon 22, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Stockholm 68: Avignon leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Stockholm 30: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Stockholm 65: Avignon leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Stockholm.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Avignon has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Stockholm has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonStockholm
Official languageFrenchSwedish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m22 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonStockholm
City population92,188984,748
People per km²1,4205,260
Museums within 10 km11266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.